1131
year
1131 (MCXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1131st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 131st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 12th century, and the 2nd year of the 1130s decade. As of the start of 1131, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1100s 1110s 1120s – 1130s – 1140s 1150s 1160s |
| Years: | 1128 1129 1130 – 1131 – 1132 1133 1134 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1131 MCXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1884 |
| Armenian calendar | 580 ԹՎ ՇՁ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5881 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1052–1053 |
| Bengali calendar | 538 |
| Berber calendar | 2081 |
| English Regnal year | 31 Hen. 1 – 32 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1675 |
| Burmese calendar | 493 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6639–6640 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3827 or 3767 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3828 or 3768 |
| Coptic calendar | 847–848 |
| Discordian calendar | 2297 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1123–1124 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4891–4892 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1187–1188 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1052–1053 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4231–4232 |
| Holocene calendar | 11131 |
| Igbo calendar | 131–132 |
| Iranian calendar | 509–510 |
| Islamic calendar | 525–526 |
| Japanese calendar | Daiji 6 / Tenshō 1 (天承元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1036–1038 |
| Julian calendar | 1131 MCXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3464 |
| Minguo calendar | 781 before ROC 民前781年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −337 |
| Seleucid era | 1442/1443 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1673–1674 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1257 or 876 or 104 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1258 or 877 or 105 |
Events
change- May 9 — Tintern Abbey is founded.
- Ramon Berenguer IV becomes Count of Barcelona.
- Alberich becomes Archdeacon of Reims.
- Fulk of Anjou and Melisende become King and Queen of Jerusalem.
- Construction begins on the Beisi Pagoda in China (completed in 1162).
Births
change- King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
Deaths
change- March 1 — King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
- April 30 — Saint Adjutor
- August 21 — King Baldwin II of Jerusalem
- December 4 — Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
- Alger of Liège, French monk at Cluny (b. 1055)
- Bohemund II of Antioch (b. 1108)
- Gaston IV of Béarn
- Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
- Peter the Hermit, French priest and crusader
- Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (b. 1082)
